How to say “seat” in 30 languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
It is commonest in Vietnamese, where chỗ is the 218th most used word.
- Afrikaans sitplek seat; a place to sit #1,331
- Albanian ulur to sit down, put on a seat #600
- Arabic مجلس #737
- Armenian նստել to sit, to sit down, to take a seat #1,423
- Bengali সিট a seat #920
- Catalan assegut to seat, to place down #1,753
- Chinese 座位 #975
- Esperanto seĝo seat, chair #1,304
- French assis to sit down, to seat, make sit #1,084
- Galician senta to seat #774
- Greek ζώνη belt, sash, seat belt #1,348
- Hebrew מושב #2,423
- Hindi पीठ seat, bench, desk #676
- Icelandic sæti seat, a place to sit #408
- Indonesian sofa sofa: an upholstered seat with a raised back… #2,454
- Italian siediti to sit, sit down, take a seat #1,134
- Lithuanian atsisėsti to take a seat #1,966
- Macedonian седиште #2,139
- Malay kerusi chair, seat #903
- Malayalam സീറ്റ് #784
- Norwegian satt to seat someone; to cause someone to assume a… #475
- Persian نشستن to sit down, to sit, to take a seat #2,023
- Portuguese sente to seat #1,072
- Romanian scaun chair, seat #1,571
- Slovak sídlo residence, seat #2,282
- Spanish siéntate to seat #880
- Tagalog umupo to sit; to sit down; to take a seat #536
- Tamil இருக்கை #817
- Urdu دارالحکومت capital city, seat of government #774
- Vietnamese chỗ a seat #218
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.